Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-08

in my life as do now. | want to see
what that fellow is going on to do, he
has begun so we'll"
Something occurs to me quite personal
was the youngest of large famiY 2 OF
children. Ny parents were neither rich
nor poor; four of the sons wanted cole
gate education, and four obtained it, but
not without
| GREAT HOlIE-STRCGGLE.
We never heard the old people say once
that they were denying themselves to eff
feet this, but 1 remember now that my
parents always always looked
tired. | don't think they
they ever got rested until they
lay down in the Somerville cemetery.
! Mother would sit down in the evening
and ssy: "Well, l don't know what
makes ne fell so tired" Father would
fall Immediately to sleep, seated by the
! evening stand, overcome with the days
| fatigue. One of the four brothers, after
| preaching the Gospel for about fifty years,
entered upon his heavenly rest. Another
| of the four is now on the other side the
earth, q missionary of the cross. Two of
Us are in this land in the holy ministry,
| end I think all of US are willing to
! acknowledge our obligations to the Old
folks at home. About twenty-one years
| ago the one, and about tWenty-three
| years ago, the other, put down the
| burdens Of this life, but they still hold
the rope.
o, men and women here assembled, you
brag sometimes how you have fought
your Wsy in the world, but l think there
have been helpful influences that you have
| never fully acknowledged. Has there not
been some influence in your early or
your present home that the world can not
see? Does there not reach to you from
among the New England hills, or from
the western prairie, or from southern
plantation, or from English, or Scottish,
or Irish home g cord OF influence that has
kept you right when you would have
gone astray, and which, after you had
made
a CROOKED TRACK
recalled you? The rope may De as long
as thirty years, or five hundred miles
long, or three thousand miles long, but
hands that went out Of mortal sight long
ago still hold the rope. You want q very
swift horse, and you need to rOWel him
with shsrpest spurs, and to let the reins
lie loose upon the neck, and TO give
shout to the racer, if you are going 10
ride out of reach Of your mothers pray
ers. Why, q ship crossing the Atlantic
in six days can't sail away from that.
The sailor finds them on the lookout Gs
he takes his place. and finds them on the
mast as he climbs The Tgtlines TO Olsen
tangle rope in the tempest, and finds
swinging on the hammock hen he turns
in. Why not be frank and knowledge
it-most Of Us would long ago !. we been
dashed TO pieces had not grace and
loving hands steadily and lovingly and
nightly held the rope.
But there must come time when We
shall ind out VITO these DamasCeneS
were, who lowered Paul in the basket,
and greet them and all those who have
rendered to God and the world urrecOg-
niZed and UnreCOrded services. That is
going TO be one Of the glad eXcitements
of heaven; the hunting up and picking
out of those who did great good on earth
and got no credit for IL. Here the
church has been going on nineteen cen
turtles, and yet the world has not recOg-
nized the services Of the people in that
Damascus balcony. Charles G. Finney
said to g dying Christian: "Give my
love to St. PsuI when you meet him.
When you and l meet him, as we will,
shall ask him to introduce me 10 those
people who got him out of
THE pANIAsCENE PERIL.
We 20 into long sermons to prove that
we will be able to recognize people in
heaven, when there is one reason we fail
to present, and that is better than all
God will introduce US. We shall have
them ell pointed out. You would not
be guilty OF the impoiiteness of having
friends in your parlOT not introduced, aGd
celestial pOliteness will demand that We
be made acquainted with all the heavenly
household. What rehearsal Of old times
and recital of stirring "reminiscences II
others fail to give Introduction, God Will
take Us through, and before our first
twenty-fOuT hours in heaven-if it were
calculated by earthly timepieCes- have
passed, we shall meet and talk with more
heavenly celebrities than in our entire
mortal state we met with earthly Celebri- F..
ties. Many who made great noise of use .
fulness will sit on the last seat by the |
front door Of this heavenly temple, while |
right IN within arms reach Of the /
throne will be many who, though /
they could not preach themselves or do /
great exploits for God, nevertheless held /
the rope.
Come, let US go right up and accost T
those on this circle OF heavenly thrones. I
Surely, they Emust have killed in battle g
million men. Surely they must have been
buried with all the cathedrals sounding g
dirge and all the towers of all the cities
tolIing the national grief. Who art thou,
might one Of heaven? 81 lived by choice
the unmarried daughter in an humble
home that l might take care of my par
ents in their old age, and l endured with
cut complaints gil their querulOUsnes5
and administered to al their wants for
twenty years"
Let US pass on round the circle of
thrones. Who art thou, mighty one Of
heaven? "I w2s for thirty years q
Christian invalid, and suffered all the
while, occasionally writing note of sym
patty for those worse off than l, and was
q general Confidant of all those who had
trouble, and once in while 1 was strong
enough to make garment for that poor
family in the back lane" Pass on to
another throne. VINO art thou, mighty
one Of heaven? ~ was the mother who
raised whole family of children for God,
and they are out in the world Christian
Christian mechanics, Chris
tisn wives, and l have had full reward Of
all my toll" Let US pass on in the
CIRCLE OF THRONES.
II had 8 Sabbath school class, and they
we're always on my heart, and they al
entered the kingdom of God, and l am
waiting for their arrival"
But who srt thou, the mighty one of ,
heaven on this other throne! SIN time :